Species Details

ABH: 49.127

BF: 945

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Aethes cnicana

Authority: (Westwood, 1854)

Vernacular: Thistle Straw

Account: Common in rough grassland, waste ground and damp woodland edges throughout the British Isles Very similar to A. rubigana, but differing in the slightly smaller size and the comparatively narrow, less oblique and usually uninterrupted median fascia of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seeds of various species of thistle, especially Spear Thistle and Marsh Thistle.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 14 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jun (2017) — 28 Jul (2023)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Cirsium sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/aethes-cnicana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1995

Latest Year: 2023

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